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Adlai Stevenson II was an American politician and diplomat, renowned for his eloquence and thoughtful approach to public service. One of his most notable achievements was serving as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He twice ran for President as the Democratic nominee but was defeated both times. Here are 159 of his quotes:
To remember the loneliness, the fear and the insecurity of men who once had to walk alone in huge factories, beside huge machines-to realize that labor unions have meant new dignity and pride to millions of our countrymen-human companionship on the job, and music in the home-to be able to see what larger pay checks mean, not to a man as an employee, but as a husband and as a father-to know these things is to understand what American labor means.
Adlai Stevenson II
What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These are social and political faiths that are part of me, as they are, I suppose, part of all of us. Such beliefs are easy to express. But part of me too is my relation to all life, my religion. And this is not so easy to talk about. Religious experience is highly intimate and, for me, ready words are not at hand. I am profoundly aware of the magnitude of the universe, that all is ruled by law, including my finite person. I believe in the infinite wisdom that envelops and embraces me and from which I take direction, purpose, strength.
Adlai Stevenson II
There is a new America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not. The new America is the sum of many small changes - a new subdivision here, a new school there, a new industry where there had been swampland - changes that add up to a broad transformation of our lives. Our task is to guide these changes. For, though change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.
Adlai Stevenson II
We live in a time when automation is ushering in a second industrial revolution, and the powers of the atom are about to be harnessed for ever greater production. We live at a time when even the ancient spectre of hunger is vanishing. This is the age of abundance! Never in history has there been such an opportunity to show what we can do to improve the quality of living now that the old, terrible, grinding anxieties of daily bread, of shelter and raiment are disappearing.
Adlai Stevenson II
Happily for us, students have not tried to overthrow the Government of the United States, but they certainly are making their views felt in public affairs. I think especially of the participation of American students in the great struggle to advance civil and human rights in America. Indeed, even a jail sentence is no longer a dishonor but a proud achievement.
Adlai Stevenson II
The great aristocrat, the beloved leader, the profound historian, the gifted painter, the superb politician, the lord of language, the orator, the wit-yes, and the dedicated bricklayer-behind all of them was a simple man of faith, steadfast in defeat, generous in victory, resigned in age, trusting in a loving providence, and committing his achievements and his triumphs to a higher power.
Adlai Stevenson II
I am a lawyer. I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities, not only of every citizen, but particularly of lawyers, is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly, and it will be a very unhappy day for Anglo-Saxon justice when a man, even a man in public life, is too timid to state what he knows and what he has heard about a defendant in a criminal trial for fear that defendant might be convicted. That would to me be the ultimate timidity.
Adlai Stevenson II
Adlai Stevenson II
Occupation: American Politician
Born: February 5, 1900
Died: July 14, 1965
Quotes count: 159
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